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Evidence leader at the Zondo inquiry, Advocate Kate Hofmeyr, on Tuesday, 26 February 2019, gave an overview of the evidence of corruption in Eskom’s coal supply contract with Gupta family businesses that were going to be presented by a new witness. Daniel Mashigo, acting senior general manager for primary energy division at Eskom, took the stand on Tuesday..Continue reading…

President Cyril Ramaphosa, in a statement to the Public Protector, says he “did not deliberately mislead Parliament” regarding the R500 000 Bosasa contribution to his 2017 ANC presidential campaign. The statement follows Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane confirming on January 25 that she would investigate whether Ramaphosa had lied about a campaign donation received from controversial..Continue reading…

Cyril Ramaphosa appointed adv. Shamila Batohi as the new head of the National Prosecuting Authority. She will begin her duties on February 1, 2019. The president of the country, Cyril Ramaphosa, acknowledged that the NPA was disorder, corrupt and dysfunctional with the announcement of her appointment. Observers point out that this acknowledgment made by Ramaphosa..Continue reading…

Western Cape Premier Helen Zille has launched her court bid to take public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s report on judicial review and, in doing so, the controversial leader has once again defended her infamous tweets on colonialism.Continue reading…

The DA has asked the Public Protector to investigate RDP contracts in the Free State awarded to a company in which the daughter of outgoing premier Ace Magashule owns a stake.

The contracts were awarded to the company by the provincial Department of Human Settlements after Magashule became involved in a process that resulted in a rival contractor being booted off the projectContinue reading…

Cape Town – The Public Protector has found that Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown misled the National Assembly when she denied there were engagements between power utility Eskom and the Gupta-linked company Trillian Capital Partners.

This is according to a report issued by the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to the DA on Thursday.Continue reading…

Pretoria – Friday’s scathing judgment in the Bankorp-CIEX court case could lay the foundation for removing Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane from her position, on the basis that she abused her office.

Mkhwebane already received a stinging judgment against her in August last year, after Judge John Murphy labelled her “impervious” and “disingenuous”.Continue reading…

The parliament’s Portfolio Committee of Justice and Correctional Services called on the Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, to appear before them regarding controversial statements she made in public.

It is also claimed that her office has suppressed or hidden evidence in certain investigations.Continue reading…

President Jacob Zuma will have to make representations to public prosecutions head Shaun Abrahams today to argue why he should not face 783 counts of fraud, racketeering and money laundering.

In December 2017, Abrahams granted Zuma an extension to make representations after the president’s legal team made the request. Zuma’s lawyers asked that he be given until February 19 2018 to state his case, but Abrahams instead made the deadline January 31…Continue reading…

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has made the decision to appoint deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo, the Presidency announced in a statement on Tuesday evening. In the statement, President Jacob Zuma announced that he is officially appointing a commission of inquiry into state capture. Zuma said that the Pretoria high court’s order for him to appoint..Continue reading…

Former Public Protector would be the ideal prosecutions head, says ISS. With mounting calls for former public protector Thuli Madonsela to head the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), it’s likely the ANC will not support this because the party never appreciated her independence. The High Court in Pretoria ruled last week that beleaguered NPA boss Shaun..Continue reading…

The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) personal attack on Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s integrity could cost Mkhwebane her job, a court has heard. During the Bankorp-CIEX hearing which continued on Wednesday at the North Gauteng High Court, Mkhwebane’s legal counsel Paul Kennedy SC defended her conduct in the investigation as being out of “good faith”..Continue reading…

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s CEO Themba Dlamini has thrown in the towel just eight months after joining the chapter nine institution in March this year. Mkhwebane’s spokesperson Cleopatra Mosana confirmed on Tuesday that Dlamini had resigned and cited personal reasons for his resignation. “The Public Protector has accepted the resignation. His last day will be..Continue reading…